How to make a sandstone garden path

Gather your supplies:

Sandstone boulders (optional)

Yellow brickie’s sand

Off-white cement

75–100mm sandstone split flagging pavers

Decorative mulch (try Forest Fines)

Gold-coloured gravel (try Deco-Gold Gravel)

 

You’ll also need:

Shovel; set-out paint; wheelbarrow; rubber mallet; trowel; sponge; long-handled broom 

 

Tips:

Clean the underside of pavers before laying.

To make them stick more easily, apply a bonding agent to underside before placing on mortar.

When buying large boulders like this, ask the landscape supplier to organise placement on delivery.

 

Here’s how...

 

STEP 1

Using a shovel, remove any original plants and grass so soil is bare. Using set-out paint, mark out where garden beds and boulders will go.

STEP 2

Using shovel, level out soil where boulders will go. Crane in boulders to ensure they go in chosen spots. They’ll be heavy enough to stay in place without adhesive.

STEP 3

In a wheelbarrow, mix 4 parts sand to 1 part cement and 1 part water until it’s a dough-like texture.

 

STEP 4

Mark where stepping stones will go, spacing evenly leading up to front door.

 

STEP 5

Where marked, spread mortar 100–150mm thick on soil in a square shape the size of the pavers.

STEP 6

Wet underside of pavers and lay on mortar.

STEP 7

Bed paver by tapping with mallet. Using edge of the trowel, haunch all edges of mortar, spreading towards ground at a 45° angle.

STEP 8

Wet sponge and wipe any mortar spills off pavers. Leave to set for about 2 hours.

STEP 9

Plant all plants and water in. Mulch garden beds then spread gravel.

STEP 10

Level gravel with a long-handled broom, sweeping into gaps between pavers.

STEP 11

To allow the mortar bed to strengthen, don’t walk on pavers for 2 days.

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